Ornskoldsvik, Sweden.Kryoptix said:my district Ahuntsic-Bordeaux-Cartierville(montreal about 10 000 people)
Maurice ''Rocket'' Richard
Henry ''Pocket Rocket'' Richard
Mike Bossy !
maybe more ...
Beat that !
hahaha, is that listed by skill?jtuzzi said:Ornskoldsvik, Sweden.
Forsberg
Sedin
Sedin
Sundstrom
Naslund
not bad.
chooch said:Floral, Sask. - Gordie Howe, I dont know was he the last from Floral so far?
Richie Regehr, Bandung, SK, Indonesia?Shootmaster_44 said:Rod Langway owns Maag, Taiwan and I'm guessing that no one tops Olaf Kolzig for Johannesbourg, South Africa.
jtuzzi said:Ornskoldsvik, Sweden.
Forsberg
Sedin
Sedin
Sundstrom
Naslund
not bad.
chooch said:Best and last player to play in NHL from a town. Does anyone have a list?:
ie:
Floral, Sask. - Gordie Howe, I dont know was he the last from Floral so far?
In particular looking for Ontario towns like Paris, Hespeler, Guelph, Trenton, Kitchener etc.
St Thomas, Ont - Joe Thornton
Anyone?
MiamiScreamingEagles said:This list I made last year doesn't take into account "city" as you requested but it is a starting point since it includes state, province and nation (outside North America). Maybe some have differences of opinions as to the top player who represents the area but this is done by place of birth solely and doesn't take into account factors such as a place of training or (at times) changes in the nation's identity. It is not perfect but here it is:
Hockey Players Places of Birth:
Canadian Provinces and Territories:
Alberta Mark Messier
British Columbia Steve Yzerman
Manitoba Terry Sawchuk
Nanavut None
New Brunswick Rollie Melanson
Newfoundland Keith Brown
Northwest Territories Geoff Sanderson
Nova Scotia Al MacInnis
Ontario Wayne Gretzky
Prince Edward Island Al MacAdam
Quebec Maurice Richard
Saskatchewan Gordie Howe
Yukon Byron Baltimore
United States:
Alabama Audley Tuten
Alaska Scott Gomez
Arizona Jim Brown
California Lee Norwood
Colorado John Grahame
Connecticut Craig Janney
Delaware Mark Eaton
Florida Dan Hinote
Georgia Eric Chouinard
Idaho Pat Shea
Illinois Chris Chelios
Indiana John Michael Liles
Iowa Scott Clemmensen
Maine Danny Bolduc
Maryland Jeff Halpern
Massachusetts Jeremy Roenick
Michigan Mike Modano
Minnesota Frank Brimsek
Missouri Pat LaFontaine
Montana Bill Lindsay
Nebraska Jed Ortmeyer
New Hampshire Deron Quint
New Jersey Randy Wood
New York Joe Mullen
North Dakota Fido Purpur
Ohio Dave Ellett
Oklahoma Tyler Arnason
Oregon Derek Gustafson
Pennsylvania Mike Richter
Rhode Island Brian Boucher
Texas Brian Leetch
Utah Steve Konowalchuk
Vermont John LeClair
Virginia Eric Weinrich
Washington Wayne Hicks
Washington, DC Kevyn Adams
Wisconsin Gary Suter
None: Arkansas, Hawaii, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana,
Mississippi, Nevada, New Mexico, North Carolina,
South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, West Virginia, Wyoming.
Nation:
Austria Reinhard Divis
Belarus Ruslan Salei
Belgium Jan Benda
Brazil Robyn Regehr
Brunei Craig Adams
Croatia Goran Bezina
Czech Republic Jaromir Jagr
Denmark Poul Popiel
England Steve Thomas
Finland Teemu Selanne
France Cristobal Huet
Germany Walt Tkaczuk
Haiti Claude Vilgrain
Holland Ed Kea
Italy Nelson Debenedet
Jamaica Graeme Townshend
Kazakhstan Evgeni Nabokov
Latvia Sandis Ozolinsh
Lebanon Ed Hatoum
Nigeria Roman Ndur
Northern Ireland Owen Nolan
Norway Espen Knutsen
Paraguay Willi Plett
Poland Mariusz Czerkawski
Russia Ilya Kovalchuk
Scotland Steve Smith
Slovakia Zigmund Palffy
South Africa Olaf Kolzig
South Korea Richard Park
Sweden Peter Forsberg
Switzerland Mark Hardy
Taiwan (Formosa) Rod Langway
Tanzania Chris Nielsen
Ukraine Dmitri Khristich
Venezuela Rick Chartraw
Wales Wilf Cude
Yugoslavia Ivan Boldirev
MiamiScreamingEagles said:This list I made last year doesn't take into account "city" as you requested but it is a starting point since it includes state, province and nation (outside North America). Maybe some have differences of opinions as to the top player who represents the area but this is done by place of birth solely and doesn't take into account factors such as a place of training or (at times) changes in the nation's identity. It is not perfect but here it is:
Hockey Players Places of Birth:
Canadian Provinces and Territories:
Alberta Mark Messier
British Columbia Steve Yzerman
Manitoba Terry Sawchuk
Nanavut None
New Brunswick Rollie Melanson
Newfoundland Keith Brown
Northwest Territories Geoff Sanderson
Nova Scotia Al MacInnis
Ontario Wayne Gretzky
Prince Edward Island Al MacAdam
Quebec Maurice Richard
Saskatchewan Gordie Howe
Yukon Byron Baltimore
United States:
Alabama Audley Tuten
Alaska Scott Gomez
Arizona Jim Brown
California Lee Norwood
Colorado John Grahame
Connecticut Craig Janney
Delaware Mark Eaton
Florida Dan Hinote
Georgia Eric Chouinard
Idaho Pat Shea
Illinois Chris Chelios
Indiana John Michael Liles
Iowa Scott Clemmensen
Maine Danny Bolduc
Maryland Jeff Halpern
Massachusetts Jeremy Roenick
Michigan Mike Modano
Minnesota Frank Brimsek
Missouri Pat LaFontaine
Montana Bill Lindsay
Nebraska Jed Ortmeyer
New Hampshire Deron Quint
New Jersey Randy Wood
New York Joe Mullen
North Dakota Fido Purpur
Ohio Dave Ellett
Oklahoma Tyler Arnason
Oregon Derek Gustafson
Pennsylvania Mike Richter
Rhode Island Brian Boucher
Texas Brian Leetch
Utah Steve Konowalchuk
Vermont John LeClair
Virginia Eric Weinrich
Washington Wayne Hicks
Washington, DC Kevyn Adams
Wisconsin Gary Suter
None: Arkansas, Hawaii, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana,
Mississippi, Nevada, New Mexico, North Carolina,
South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, West Virginia, Wyoming.
Nation:
Austria Reinhard Divis
Belarus Ruslan Salei
Belgium Jan Benda
Brazil Robyn Regehr
Brunei Craig Adams
Croatia Goran Bezina
Czech Republic Jaromir Jagr
Denmark Poul Popiel
England Steve Thomas
Finland Teemu Selanne
France Cristobal Huet
Germany Walt Tkaczuk
Haiti Claude Vilgrain
Holland Ed Kea
Italy Nelson Debenedet
Jamaica Graeme Townshend
Kazakhstan Evgeni Nabokov
Latvia Sandis Ozolinsh
Lebanon Ed Hatoum
Nigeria Roman Ndur
Northern Ireland Owen Nolan
Norway Espen Knutsen
Paraguay Willi Plett
Poland Mariusz Czerkawski
Russia Ilya Kovalchuk
Scotland Steve Smith
Slovakia Zigmund Palffy
South Africa Olaf Kolzig
South Korea Richard Park
Sweden Peter Forsberg
Switzerland Mark Hardy
Taiwan (Formosa) Rod Langway
Tanzania Chris Nielsen
Ukraine Dmitri Khristich
Venezuela Rick Chartraw
Wales Wilf Cude
Yugoslavia Ivan Boldirev
jiggs 10 said:Wrong on all accounts.
Yzerman moved to Nepean when he was about 10. And he was better than Potvin.
As was Mike Gardner and Denis Savard (from across the river in Pointe Gatineau).
Guelph: Kirk Maltby? Never heard of anyone else from their, although I'm sure there is.
Kitchener? Darryl Sittler, followed by Milt Schmidt.
How about Tara, Ontario? Home of Fred "Cyclone" Taylor.
jtuzzi said:Vancouver
- Sakic
- Kariya
- Seabrook
- Hannan
tons more.
What about Jim Dowd? Won a Stanley Cup with the Devils.MiamiScreamingEagles said:New Jersey Randy Wood
Garbs said:London, Ontario
Gregory Campbell.
El_Scoobo said:You could put Jordin Tootoo in for nunavut.
Ogopogo said:Brantford - Gretzky
Parry Sound - Orr
Sault Ste. Marie - Esposito
Kamloops - Recchi
Edmonton - Eddie Shore was born in Saskatchewan but he was known as the Edmonton Express. If not Shore, Messier.